Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Manama, Bahrain 🇧🇭, home to about 564,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 26.2361° S, 129.4169° W. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Manama, Bahrain 🇧🇭 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 26.2361° N, 50.5831° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 26.2361° S, 129.4169° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳 — 232 km (144 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Papeete, French Polynesia — 2,289 km (1,422 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Manama's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 232 km (144 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,289 km (1,422 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Manama; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (26.2361° N becomes 26.2361° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (50.5831° E becomes 129.4169° W). More on how antipodes work.
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